Natan Obed
Canadian politician
About Natan Obed
Political career In 2008, Obed was a candidate in Nunatsiavut's first presidential election. He was defeated by Jim Lyall.
On September 17, 2015, Obed was elected president of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, a national organization that represents Inuit across Canada. Obed regularly speaks out about issues affecting the Arctic and Inuit community, such as the colonial harm of the Edmonton Eskimos football team's moniker, the poor press coverage of the Prime Minister's apology for the government's role in the mistreatment of Inuit with tuberculosis in the 1940s to 1960s, and the suicide epidemic.
In 2016, he authored a report, "Inuit Priorities for Canada's Climate Strategy: A Canadian Inuit Vision for Our Common Future in Our Homelands", and in 2019 the federal government committed $1 million toward implementing the strategy.
In 2018, Maclean's named him one of five politicians to watch. He currently lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, with his wife and two sons.
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Who was Natan Obed?
Canadian politician
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Natan Obed was born in Alaska.
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